Word: overtness
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Kinsey's own emotion about science may blind him to one of science's shortcomings: the great difficulty it has in dealing precisely with the emotions of human beings (as distinct from the motions of gall wasps). Kinsey can record only overt acts, or the memories of them plus a few mental attitudes of which his subjects are sufficiently aware to tell him In the female volume, which he calls a far more human document than its predecessor, he does his best to explore the psychological factors in sex. But he can only check off emotions; he cannot...
...reign of the new board has been mostly quite, as few controversial issues have come up since the election. Student opinion was described as "apathetic" and the faculty was expressed no overt opinion--except for the Journalism school whose faculty by and large violently opposed the change...
Fear & Bread. Fear pervades all levels of Argentine society, from cabinet ministers to cab drivers. Argentines have learned never to discuss politics on street corners, in restaurants or in the presence of strangers, servants or children. Fear often saves Perón the trouble of taking overt action. The once great independent newspaper La Nación theoretically is still independent. But in practice the editors of La Nación know that if they should print one or two outspoken editorials, the paper would be closed...
...reign of the new board has been mostly quiet, as few controversial issues have come up since the election. Student opinion was described as "apathetic" and the faculty was expressed no overt opinion--except for the Journalism school whose faculty by and large violently opposed the change...
Youngdahl set trial on the three remaining charges for Oct. 6, but directed Government attorneys to be more specific about "overt acts" on which a jury must decide Lattimore's guilt or innocence...